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AIBU?

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To be more embarrassed of my DP's behaviour in public than my DS's?

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DancingQueen79 · 24/04/2015 16:39

My DP never seems to be bothered of what people think of him when he's out and about. He just gets up to his usual ways of causing mischief and mayhem, whilst I'm often left cringing.....AIBU? A few examples of what he gets up to when we're out and about:

  • trying to 'net me' and getting the fishing net stuck on my head which we were buying for the garden pond (whilst in the queue to pay for it)
  • when he's had enough of waiting for me to finish looking in a clothes shop, he'll come into the shop and physically carry me out of it (just picture a fireman's lift in a branch of Karen Millen)
  • another shopping related one - coming into the shop to enquire if anyone had seen a 'vacant blonde' anywhere and then waiting until someone pointed me out
  • makes 'interesting and perhaps not entirely politically correct' faces whilst at the supermarket checkout, as well as doing overly competitive packing
  • If he ever feels like I've told him off, he'll stick out his bottom lip and walk around like that for at least 10 minutes - no matter where we are!

Whilst he's definitely fun to be around, does anyone else have this problem with their other half??

AIBU to be embarrassed??

(I could've added more examples, but these were the immediate ones which sprang to mind this week)

OP posts:
plummyjam · 26/04/2015 17:43

The "netting" incident did make me laugh out loud tbh.

IsItIorAreTheOthersCrazy · 26/04/2015 20:09

Sorry OP but I find that quite funny. You know he isn't doing anything to upset you, just generally being a bit childish. I find DH can be a bit like this (less embarrassing and public, but still) and it always coincides with a time when he hasn't seen his friends for weeks and has been busy with work and uni. It's just like he needs to blow off steam.

Does your DH embarrass easily? When ive had enough I've been known to say, quite loudly "I love you so much. How could you do this to me?" With my best sad face and storm off to another shop. He always tones it down when this happens Grin

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